ACTIVITIES THAT FOCUS ON EARLY LITERACY
The single most important thing that you can do is read with/to your child everyday!
The single most important thing that you can do is read with/to your child everyday!
- Ideas For Making Reading Fun!
- Host Story Time At Home!
- Tips for Reading Together
- Play-Based Activities That Build Reading Readiness
- "Brain Building In Progress" Activities: Reading (Birth-33months)
- Make a name puzzle by writing your child’s name, cutting it up, and having them put it back together
- Point out letters and numbers you see on cereal boxes
- Read a book! You can point out what you see on the cover, your favorite characters, and what happens at the beginning, middle, and ending. Discuss main events, characters and setting.
- Write a book! Have kiddos draw the pictures and you can write the words. They can be real stories or imaginary
- Fill a cooking sheet with salt or rice and have your child practice drawing and writing formations from the top
- Sing songs and point out the rhymes
- Have a "sight word" scavenger hunt
- Play games to come up with words that start/end with the same sound or rhyme
- Play “I Spy” with letters, numbers, words you see in the store, car, etc.
- Play Letter Bingo. Write 10 letters on a paper. Call out letters randomly for your child to find & circle or stamp.
- Go on shape, color, number, letter, word hunts around your house or at the store. You can have your child mark off items off a list made beforehand as he/she finds the items.
- Make a pattern with claps and have your child imitate. Try and clap the different sounds you hear in a word and see if your child can guess the correct number. For example, ask your child “How many claps are in the word happy?” (There are 2!)
- Keep a journal of vacation activities. Have your child draw it in each day and let them tell you about the picture as you record their response on the picture. If drawing is difficult for child, do it together!
- Rhymes are so important at this age! Read nursery rhymes and sing songs!! Make up songs about activities you are doing together, and read rhyming stories. Have your child come up with other words that rhyme with the particular words in the story.
- Take turns making up rhyming pairs using items you see while you’re driving or shopping. (i.e. “street, meat” “car, star”)
- Play On-The-Go Literacy Games
- Check out Sesame Street, Jack Hartmann, Dr. Jean, Blazer Fresh, and The Kiboomers YouTube
- Make your own Flip Books
- Make Your Own Book
- Make DIY Book Marks
- Zero to Three: Early Literacy
- Penn State University: Parent & Child Interactive Literacy Websites
- Get Ready to Read!
- NAEYC: Literacy
- Reach Out And Read!
- Talk, Read, and Sing Together Everyday
- Raising Readers: Book Activity Kits
- PBS Kids: Literacy Activities
Missed Story Time? Try These!
The Big List of Children's Authors Doing Online Read Alouds and Activities
Scholastic Learn at Home: Scholastic is providing a book, video and activity for everyday.
Storytime from Space: Astronauts reading books about space, from space.
KidLit TV: Read alouds, book trailers, interviews with authors and activities.
Storytime with Ryan and Craig: Weekly live read alouds of some of the newest picture book titles.
Storylineonline: Actors read aloud selected titles. Includes teacher guides with questions and activities.
Jbrary Storytime Online: Story time and songs with two Children's Librarians.
Storyblocks: Storyblocks are free short videos of nursery rhymes, finger plays, and rhymes.
Audible Stories: Free stories to stream on your desktop, laptop, phone, or tablet.
Save With Stories: Celebrities Reading stories to support Save The Children and No Kid Hungry.
Librarian Bookends: Resources from Educators and Authors.
Mother Goose On The Loose: Early Literacy Program for children birth to three with their parents/caregivers.
GoodNight With Dolly: Bedtime stories with Dolly Parton.
Reading is Fundamental Read-Alouds: Story time from the Nation's largest literacy non-profit.
The Big List of Children's Authors Doing Online Read Alouds and Activities
Scholastic Learn at Home: Scholastic is providing a book, video and activity for everyday.
Storytime from Space: Astronauts reading books about space, from space.
KidLit TV: Read alouds, book trailers, interviews with authors and activities.
Storytime with Ryan and Craig: Weekly live read alouds of some of the newest picture book titles.
Storylineonline: Actors read aloud selected titles. Includes teacher guides with questions and activities.
Jbrary Storytime Online: Story time and songs with two Children's Librarians.
Storyblocks: Storyblocks are free short videos of nursery rhymes, finger plays, and rhymes.
Audible Stories: Free stories to stream on your desktop, laptop, phone, or tablet.
Save With Stories: Celebrities Reading stories to support Save The Children and No Kid Hungry.
Librarian Bookends: Resources from Educators and Authors.
Mother Goose On The Loose: Early Literacy Program for children birth to three with their parents/caregivers.
GoodNight With Dolly: Bedtime stories with Dolly Parton.
Reading is Fundamental Read-Alouds: Story time from the Nation's largest literacy non-profit.
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